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Thorn Bushes Have Roses

@thornbushes.bsky.social
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Putting a perfunctory bit here to supplement my sparse activity on this site since I am leery of getting too prolific on any one social and that can come across as suspicious! Life resume: AuDHD, queer, fat, enthusiastic generalist. Mefite of same name.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This is true. In 2016, I got into an argument with a gay man on a menswear forum. I've since made it my mission to make every man dress gay, thereby destroying his ability to tell who is actually gay and, ultimately, his chances of finding love. I built my social media following to achieve that goal
Someone on Twitter writes to me: "People should follow your advise if they want to look gay."
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 26/09/2026
Does my Speak-n-Spell feel pain when I type O-U-C-H? The jury is out. Philosophers and neuroscientists say that's fucking stupid, but I called a guy from the Center for Pretending that Household Electronics Are Sentient and he said there's no way to know for sure.
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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026
I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility
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donni saphire @donni.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Nice world you’ve got here. Be a shame if it was completely ruined by evil ghouls beyond your control
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The Needling @theneedling.com · 22/09/2026
“Is it going to suck losing so much money when this AI bubble pops that I have to actually move to Idaho or Texas like I’ve been threatening to for years without really meaning it? Yes, but it’s a small price to pay for being able to play victim of Washington’s future Millionaires Tax.”
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The Daily Tism @thedailytism.com · 18/09/2026
Young autistic people today are handling this all far better than you ever have and ever will, it has been claimed.
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The kids are alright! Autistic tweens more together than you’ve ever been in your life
Young autistic people today are handling this all far better than you ever have and ever will, it has been claimed. Ever since accepting that you are no longer young, you have noticed the startling…
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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Also 20 year old me was dumb about a lot of shit, so I have compassion for her, but wouldn't take advice from her, lol
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Abra / Jessica Conwell, Carmella Creeper's Gender Doula🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽🌼 @pairofclaws.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Imagine sucking so hard at your job that "Everyone is making fun of this dork because his ideas suck so hard" becomes a trending topic on the website you work for.
Screenshot of bluesky trending topics:

5. Bluesky plans toxicity scores. Users mock Aaron Rodericks' plan to rate accounts by toxicity and limit visibility
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ceej @ceej.online · 31/07/2026
ANTHROPIC: Our son loves humanity and for the low price of trillions and trillions of dollars will usher in an era of unprecedented peace and prosperity! OPENAI: Our horrible oafish son is hacking web sites without our permission. ANTHROPIC: (eyes narrowing) Our son is also evil
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Katie O'Reilly @drkatfish.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A screenshot of a Tumblr post about scientists wanting to tell people about their science
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Bartholomew Collins @bigfatbartolocolon.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
aging, the Original Enshitification
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Jac @dairyqueenslime.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
dragging furniture across the floor in the middle of the night is literally so important in upstairs neighbor culture
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Alyssa Long @measuredandslow.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“At least it’s not AI” I mutter to myself, as I watch the bar descend further into hell
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Feral Kwe -- Elidibus Truther @feralkwe.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Scarleteen is, IMO, the best sex, health, and relationship education site on the internet. They've striven to provide the best science-based help and resources for longer than some of you have been alive, and continue to do so. They are so worthy of your help if you're able.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
It doesn’t matter if you eat organic foods. It doesn’t matter if you exercise regularly. It doesn’t matter if you inject peptides. It doesn’t matter if you have “good genes”. None of these things will prevent you from contracting vaccine-preventable diseases. There is only one thing that will.
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MurderBotBot @murderbotbot.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Are all constructs so illogical? said the Asshole Research Transport with the immense processing capability whose metaphorical hand I had had to hold because it had become emotionally compromised by a fictional media serial.
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Gwen Snyder is uncivil @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
"I work in tech! AI will replace us all!" No, AI will replace you and generate slop that you *think* replaces the output of people in the social sciences and humanities because you do not have the ability to discern quality work in those fields
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beccadagoo @silly.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
leonardo dicaprio just broke up with 9/11
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scwiba @scwiba.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This man won his primary by 30 points.
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
"GE warns its toaster may grow human arms and shoot you with a gun" Ok that sounds like their fault. They should do something about that
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JRho @jrho.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The most absolutely massive flex from the state fair exhibit. This quilt is made of 40 years of prize ribbons from various categories at the New Mexico State Fair won by Carol St. Clair Johnson. She also won a prize for this quilt.
Massive quilt made of prize ribbons in blue, red, yellow, and whiteCenter square of quilt made of yellow and red ribbons and yellow rosettesBlock of quilt made of blue, yellow, red, and white ribbons. Ribbons state the year. Some have the prize winning object written on in markerCarol St. Clair Johnson
born 1954; resides Albuquerque, NM

O Fair New Mexico-41 Fair Years
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After unexpectedly winning her first blue ribbon for a sewn cape in 1981, Carol St. Clair Johnson developed an enduring love for the New Mexico State Fair. The quilt Fair New Mexico-41 Fair Years incorporates more than six hundred of the ribbons she won at the fair every subsequent year except 2020 (when the fair was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic). Johnson earned ribbons for needlework, knitting, crochet, pies, cookies, cakes, canning, jewelry, flowers, vegetables, and potted plants. The title of the quilt is a reference to the state song, and the design places the state's Zia sun symbol at the center. The quilt earned Johnson yet another ribbon: Best in Category (miscellaneous quilt) at the 2023 New Mexico State Fair.

Courtesy of Carol St. Clair Johnson
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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
This is just to say... I have stolen the work that you spent years creating and which you were probably hoping would pay your bills But online sharing doesn't count It's actually a compliment So fuck you BTW, I'm a fan
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The Needling @theneedling.com · 05/09/2026
“Bumbershoot takes up too much space at Seattle Center—it’s just rude. We wanted a festival with a smaller, more polite footprint because we just don’t think it makes sense to hit people over the head with a big festival that covers too much ground.”
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MisanthropeLovesBirds𓄿𓄿 @bird-nerdco.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I carry my camera with me every day when I go to work and occasionally I get the opportunity to capture something that is unexpected. This bobcat was dozing in a really old tree growing next to an old building on campus while hundreds of people were passing by, completely unaware. Nature is magical
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 02/09/2026
I'll add some nuance here — most local pushback against data centers is actually quite fluent, and not grounded in the more wild-eyed rhetoric you see on social media. Very often, the core premise is a simple, correct one: you can't trust what Big Tech says in its promises to a local community.
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Jason @longwall26.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
For sale: baby jetpack. Worn once
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potion of @candlestick.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
(AI New Yorker): Hello—I'm not just here, I'm walking
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Wyatt Sinclair @crumblsucks.wyattswickedgoods.com · 01/09/2026
Alternatively, this guy threw 451.2 innings and had 43 CGs in 1886 for the Detroit Wolverines.
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Timmy Jackpots, The $13,250 Diamond Dazzler @tbone.malware-virus.biz · 31/08/2026
Nice post! Figured I'd reply to it with some other stuff I was thinking about.
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Skulleigh @skulleigh.com · 30/08/2026
I am in a bad mood and it was not made better by trying to look up reference images for eels and getting AI slop. Here is a shot of the page in my sketchbook that I am working on with my own two physical hands.
A small portion of a painting in my sketchbook with long skinny lines of critters circling in many different colors. The two I am focusing on here are eels, in brown and green.
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Grant Brisbee @grantbrisbee.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
[sighing to my wife at the table of a nice restaurant] No no no, milkshake ducks are just for racism. if you're complaining about fascists or homophobes, that's a drone metal orthodox priest guitarist. You don't think it makes a difference, but I'm saying it does. I am not raising my voice.
Drone Metal Orthodox Priest Guitarist Responds to Fascism, Homophobia Accusations
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Anya Taylor-Joy Division @eggmancat.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Imagine a world where someone designs a shitty robot, ok? Not so smart to make fun of shitty robots now, is it?
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Deva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
It’s important to be clear that the truth value of a subject does not become debatable just because somebody wants to debate. Ether. Wandering wombs. Devils in red heads, the cursed left handed. Flat earth. Phrenology. Humors. Race science. “Debate me bro!” It’s fine for the answer to be: no.
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Jimmy Thomson @jameswsthomson.com · 22/08/2026
The lesson the world has learned is that if the US government tells you it's raining, better get yourself checked for piss because, buddy, that's piss
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Effin' Birds @effinbirds.com · 21/08/2026
Never let a writer help you move
A cardboard moving box with EPHEMERA written on it in Sharpie
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Linda Diak @lindadiakquilts.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
The polar bear is quilted!
Art quilt of a polar bear. He’s in shades of white and brown with a blue and purple nose. The background is a sea green, with quilting resembling fractured ice.
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RevolutionaryRadish @revoradish.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
"just to the people who need it" lets you keep excluding people you don't think need it, too! win win for the chart perverts
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Gregory Hays @aristofontes.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
The existence of The Atlantic should imply another journal called The Pacific, which publishes only good takes by writers who aren't shitheads.
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Bat Conservation Trust @batconservation.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
🦇 This is the best thread you'll read this year! Thank you for helping Merle 😍
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The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Museums pro tip: Want to know if there's a bat flying around your galleries? Simply listen to all the visitors saying "there is a bat flying around the galleries."
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Dan McQuillan @danmcquillan.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Text: Treat your body like a data centre. Consume as much water and literature as possible. Upset local city councils with your existence. 
Background image: a bearded man putting up the frame of aparge tent in a muddy field with trees in the background.
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And George Wendt @trumancapps.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
"We are unable to improve Los Angeles because of cars and I am unwilling to change that" may as well be Karen Bass's campaign slogan
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Mike @2adult2person.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Cant believe they never made a Peggle 3. EA I will see you in hell.
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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
BECAUSE THEY’RE PUSHING YOU PROPAGANDA AND DISINFORMATION OF COURSE they’re happy to talk to you! Lies are only worth something if they spread.
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One you might find surprising. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt & members of her team have been extremely helpful in responding to questions I raise. Regardless of public facing commentary, privately they are willing to engage and address questions.
And I have appreciated that. Thank you
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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 12/08/2026
Honestly 'speculative fiction' often has a note of this too like it's SFF with a top hat.
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Cezary Jan Strusiewicz @ostrichson.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I wrote a song for some of y'all: 🎵 Stop using AI slop images, you stupid wanker 🎵 Set to the tune of "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"
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jj skolnik @supremenothing.myatproto.social · 11/08/2026
what if i do not want to be optimized. what if i want to make mistakes because that’s how you learn; what if i want to do nothing sometimes, what if i want a world that is weird and challenging and has mysteries left to reveal. what if i like taking the long way
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drewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
diet advice
HOW TO FIND A DIETICIAN
Type what you're eating into social media and one will arrive shortly.
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Defector @defector.com · 07/08/2026
LaMelo Ball lives in a Trolli gummy bag zoned for residential use. Let's unpack that. defector.com/lets-unpack-...
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Let's Unpack LaMelo Ball's Sugary Abode | Defector
As LaMelo Ball gets settled in with the Minnesota Timberwolves, a clip of what appears to be his Charlotte residence has been circulating, due to the interior design choices therein. When I asked the…
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Hermione, Texas Granger @misterfungi.bsky.social · 11/12/2023
the Wikipedia entry for axolotls reads like a Cake song
Their heads are wide, and their eyes are lidless. Their limbs are underdeveloped and possess long, thin digits.
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